I reign supreme in the Western fantasy world for eternity.

The dean stood in front of the cabinet, first quietly using healing magic to reduce the redness and swelling on his right cheek, then reaching out to close the wardrobe door.

He turned around and forced an awkward smile at Ji Tian, ​​"Please excuse my poor appearance. Although Senior Merlin has a bad temper, he is not a bad person at heart."

Ji Tian nodded in understanding.

The dean returned to his chair and sat down, then gestured to the chair opposite him, "Please continue sitting, sir."

After Ji Tian sat down, he used the magic heater to brew a pot of tea, poured a cup for himself and the other person, and then carefully began to speak:

"Your cultivation system seems quite different from any magic, holy light, or even the natural way of the elves that I know of. That night, you were able to shatter the evil god's body with your bare hands; you must have relied on more than just holy light magic, right?"

Ji Tian readily replied, "Yes."

The dean's eyes lit up slightly, and he leaned forward, his tone carrying a hint of urgency he himself didn't realize, "Would it be convenient to reveal it? Of course, if it's inconvenient—"

Ji Tian felt that he had already incurred the academy's debt of gratitude by borrowing manuscripts from past deans from the academy library a few months ago. Moreover, he now needed their help, so he didn't hold back and answered directly, "Cultivation."

"Cultivation?" The dean, clearly having focused most of his energy on mathematics, didn't have a deep understanding of the other cultures in Ji Tian's original world. He repeated the term, "What's that?"

"I learned that from online novels, the kind from the world where you study math."

"What the hell?!"

The dean thought he had misheard and leaned closer. "What did you say?"

"Web novels, you should have come across them in that world too. They're the kind of serialized literature where the protagonist levels up by fighting monsters, changes maps, and then fights monsters again to level up."

The dean felt that he had lived most of his life, had been to other worlds, and had even seen evil gods when he was young. What kind of scene hadn't he seen?

He had never seen anything like this before, and he even felt like a greenhorn in front of the other party.

"You mean... you practiced the techniques from those novels and reached a point where you could shatter a god's body with a single punch?"

His voice unconsciously rose a few octaves, then he lowered it again, afraid of annoying the other person, "Aren't the martial arts techniques in those novels all made up by the authors?"

Ji Tian had heard this question before, so he wasn't angry. "Whether it's made up or not is another matter, and it has no necessary connection with whether you can master it."

The dean opened his mouth, only to find that he couldn't refute it.

He recalled the years he spent buried in his studies on Earth, those mathematical formulas and physical laws, every symbol so precise it was almost unbelievable.

He thought that truth could only be derived from such rigorous logic, but now the young man sitting across from him told him that he had become a peerless master by following online novels.

"Could he really be a genius? No, it's also possible that a certain online novel author is a reclusive master who deliberately came to a world without extraordinary abilities to live in seclusion, and online novels are the medium through which he transmits his magical techniques."

The dean's voice was slightly unsteady, "Could you please specify which particular manual you are practicing?"

Ji Tian recalled briefly, then said with a sigh, "I've read most of the well-known cultivation-themed online novels, taking the essence and discarding the dross."

"So you're a stream-of-consciousness cultivator! You just go wherever your mind leads you?"

The dean's eyelids twitched as he listened. "Could you... demonstrate it? Just a quick demonstration, let me broaden my horizons."

Ji Tian thought for a moment, then stretched out his right hand and opened it. A wisp of golden spiritual power overflowed from his fingertips, danced in his palm, and then transformed into a three-inch-long sword, which flew in the air with a chilling sword aura.

It circled the dean's head once, then flew back into Ji Tian's palm and vanished without a trace.

The dean stared at the hand for a long while before slowly exhaling a breath of stale air. "I can sense that it's purer than magic. What do you call it?"

"Spiritual power."

"Spiritual power..." The dean pondered the two words repeatedly, a hint of realization flashing in his eyes, "Spiritual power, the essence of heaven and earth. That's quite fitting."

He leaned back in his chair, his gaze fixed on the darkening sky outside the window, and muttered to himself:

"I've spent most of my life studying magic, and another three years learning about that world. I thought I had grasped the essence of power. In the end, a young man who reads online novels has passed me by."

Ji Tian wanted to offer a comforting remark like "everyone has their own expertise," but the words felt too insincere, so he simply kept quiet.

The dean didn't linger in sadness for long; when he turned around, his eyes held a hint of curiosity.

"You said you learned it from online novels? Are the cultivation systems in those stories really feasible?"

Finally, it was time for Ji Tian to begin his discourse with the experts of this world. He took out a futon from his Purple Mansion space, sat cross-legged, and then continued:

"It's feasible, but it needs to be adapted to local conditions."

The dean nodded thoughtfully, then pulled a piece of parchment from the table, on which was drawn a complex spatial folding structure diagram.

"Then I would like to ask you, sir, when mages in this world construct magical models, they need to use their mental power to arrange magical elements into a specific structure. Is there a corresponding concept in your cultivation system?"

Ji Tian glanced at the picture. "Yes, this is essentially a variation of 'visualization.' In cultivation, cultivators use their divine sense to visualize runes and array patterns, drawing upon the spiritual energy of heaven and earth."

You arrange magical elements with your mental power, we outline Dao patterns with our divine sense—they are essentially the same. In other words, anyone who goes far on the path of magic has the potential to become a master of formations.

The dean's eyes lit up, and he pressed on, "What about the 'anchoring rune'? That thing is the key for mages to break through to higher levels of magic."

Ji Tian already had some knowledge of anchoring runes, so he spoke without hesitation:

"In cultivation, anchoring runes can correspond to the 'Foundation Building Pill' or the 'Breakthrough Pill.' Essentially, they are all about 'using the false to cultivate,' that is, using external rules to trigger internal qualitative changes."

The dean stroked his beard, lost in thought. "Using the false to cultivate the true... interesting. What about 'forbidden spells'? What do you call those powers that require a Grand Magister or higher to unleash, those abilities capable of altering the heavens?"

Ji Tian extended his right hand, a miniature thundercloud appearing in his palm, arcs of electricity crackling between his fingers. "It's called 'Divine Power,' but it's more refined than what you call forbidden spells. Divine Power is the manifestation of the Dao and laws that a cultivator comprehends..."

In this way, Ji Tian had many exchanges with the dean and benefited greatly from his understanding of space.

"Could you stay a few more days? I have many questions I'd like to ask you."

Ji Tian stood up, readily revealing his disguise: "My name is 'Li Feiyu,' and I will be staying in the capital for a while. If you have any questions, you can call my name, but I have one condition."

"Please feel free to speak."

"The coordinates and maintenance method of that spatial channel."

The dean nodded without hesitation, "No problem! Once the passage is stable, I'll personally accompany you there."

It's a deal.

"It's a deal!"